Long-tailed Duck: Ralph Hocken Photo.
NANAIMO BIRD REPORT -----” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
Saturday, November 10, 2012:
A Barred Owl was seen in the 3500 block of Oakridge
Drive in Nanaimo.
A Horned Lark was seen at Piper’s Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Thursday November 08:
A
Snowy Owl was spotted sitting in a tree near Sunset Road in north Nanaimo.
A
Short-eared Owl was seen in Coal Tyee School area in Nanaimo.
Wednesday November 07:
A
Short-eared Owl was seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary parking lot in south
Nanaimo.
Tuesday, November 06:
The Tuesday bird walk
went to Deep Bay. The morning was foggy but the wind was calm and the water was
like glass. The highlights included having great views of three Brandt's
Cormorants swimming on the water along with Double-crested Cormorants and
Pelagic Cormorants. We were able to compare the three species.
There were large numbers of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters
and Long-tailed Ducks on the calm water quite far out from the
shore. We watched a Common Loon just offshore having a difficult time
catching and digesting a large fish. Several small flocks of Trumpeter
Swans flew over head. We spotted three Pigeon Guillemots in winter
plumage on the water.
Eleven birders saw and
heard the following fifty-three species:
Canada Geese, Trumpeter
Swan, Mute Swan, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup,
Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed
Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye,
Common Merganser,
Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Brandt's Cormorant,
Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle,
Cooper's Hawk, Black Turnstone,Bonaparte's Gull,
Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Mew Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Rock Pigeon,
Eurasian Collared-Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Steller's Jay,
Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted
Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling, Spotted
Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed
Junco, Red-winged Blackbird,Brewer's Blackbird,
House Finch, Pine Siskin and House Sparrow.
Sunday November 04:
A Wilson’s Snipe was
seen along Malibu Terrace in Nanaimo.
A female Ring-necked
Pheasant was seen in a backyard along Chestnut Street in Parksville.
A Sharp-shinned Hawk was
seen in a backyard along Wedgewood Terrace in Parksville.
Friday November 02:
A White-throated Sparrow
was seen near Vistaview and Ney Drive in Nanaimo.
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the
Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. Sunday
Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the
Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different
areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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The Tuesday bird walk on November 13 will be going to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. We will meet at Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Playground at 9:00 A.M. or at main parking lot at Rathtrevor Provincial Park at about 9:10A.M.
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Sunday Bird Walk on November 18, 2012 will be going to the Nanaimo River
Estuary in south Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at
the Raines Road at about 9:30 A.M.
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Christmas Bird Count—Parksville/Qualicum Beach, December 16,
2012.
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Christmas Bird Count----Nanaimo, December 30, 2012
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Christmas Bird Count - Lantzville (Nanoose
estuary) and Nanoose Bay area - Friday December 14, 2012
Contact Rhys Harrison at rhysharrison@shaw.ca
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Good birding Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD &
NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive Nanaimo B.C. V9T-2L8 Phone: 250-390-3669 Fax: 250-390-1633 Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com ********************************************************* |
